In this paper we study the impact of time-shifting on TV consumption and ad viewership. We analyze the results of a field experiment in which a random sample of ”triple-play” households were given a set of premium TV channels broadcasting popular movies and TV shows without commercial...

We look at the interplay between price promotions and peer influence in the case of movies in Video-on-Demand (VoD), which are non-storable information goods. We analyze the outcomes from a randomized experiment run for 3 consecutive months using the VoD system of a large telecommunications...

Recommender systems assign products to slots in ways that improve consumers' experience when choosing what to buy. They usually lead to more sales, which increases both consumer surplus and profit. However, firms may also choose which recommender system to use to maximize profit. Furthermore,...

We analyze the outcomes of two randomized field experiments to study the effect of binge-watching on the subscription of Video-on-Demand (SVoD). In both cases, we offered access to SVoD to a random set of households for several weeks and used another random set of households as a control group....